Tag: displacedpersons
Keys to a Memory
“Palestine is a country without a people; the Jews are a people without a country,” – Israel Zangwill, a prominent British Zionist, in the New Liberal Review in 1901. This argument for a Jewish state appealed to many of the 250,000 Jewish DPs living in camps in Germany, Austria, and Italy after World War II [1]. They…
The Explanation for Anti-Immigration
Mass displacement and immigration after World War II generated expanded racial tensions in Europe. In Britain, increased immigration led to the creation of a political group called the White Defense League. The group stressed British identity based on race, and emphasized strong anti-immigration rhetoric. The White Defense League brought to light the anti-immigration sentiment in Britain based on…
